The Hartford Courant News Library
Internet Shortcuts
To make it easier for reporters to search for facts, a page was created with links to sites that might be helpful including:
For population information: http:/www.census.gov/ For businesses: http:/www.bea.gov For U.S. statistics: http://www.fedstats.gov For crime statistics nationwide: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm For education statistics: http://www.ed.gov/ For Connecticut government: http://www.ct.gov Internet movie database, for easy searches on titles, characters, actors, plots and more: http://www.imdb.com Sports and the newspapers that cover them: http://www.sportspages.com/ For dictionaries: http://www.dictionary.com Many people in the news department also want to see what other newspapers’ front pages look like each day. For that information: http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp
For population information: http:/www.census.gov/
For businesses: http:/www.bea.gov
For U.S. statistics: http://www.fedstats.gov
For crime statistics nationwide: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
For education statistics: http://www.ed.gov/
For Connecticut government: http://www.ct.gov
Internet movie database, for easy searches on titles, characters, actors, plots and more: http://www.imdb.com
Sports and the newspapers that cover them: http://www.sportspages.com/
For dictionaries: http://www.dictionary.com
Many people in the news department also want to see what other newspapers’ front pages look like each day. For that information: http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp
